Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 538 · 40 questions

Artist's tip (White up, black down): Tint = colour + white (lighter): pink, sky blue, light green, lilac, pale yellow. Shade = colour + black (darker): maroon, navy blue, dark green, bottle green, dark purple. Tone = colour + grey. Mixing a tint, start with white and add colour a little at a time; a row from white to black is a value scale.

1. 1.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
2. 2.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) light green (c) dark red (d) dark purple
7. 7.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
8. 8.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
13. 13.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) light green
19. 19.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) pink (d) navy blue
25. 25.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) water to black (c) a little colour to white (d) black to colour
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) maroon
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) lilac
29. 29.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
30. 30.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) horizon line (d) value scale
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) pink (d) dark purple
32. 32.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) pink
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) dark green
39. 39.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) dark green
40. 40.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint

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